Vicksburg Municipal
VKS · KVKS · Vicksburg, Mississippi · Warren County · map
Vicksburg Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Vicksburg, 7 miles southwest of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 107 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, Jet A-1 with additive, jet fuel).
Weather right now KVKS · observed 4:35 pm CDT (21:35 UTC), 32 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 6,000 feet
- Temperature 90°F (32°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KVKS 062135Z AUTO 04006KT 10SM SCT060 32/17 A2988 RMK A01
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VKS · ICAO KVKS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Vicksburg
- Elevation
- 107 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, Jet A-1 with additive, jet fuel
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 299 ft, trees 105 ft high 2,500 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 471 ft, tree 38 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Vks and aWOS-3 | 118.85 | |
| Greenwood and center (remote transmitter) · Jackson and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 601-801-5376.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Vicksburg from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Vicksburg, Mississippi: 14 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 gyroplane, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- North parl taxiway closed.
- Activate PAPI runway 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 01 operates continuously.
- Hngr fee required.
- Fuel 24 hours with credit card.
- Approach ratio 28:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 41:1 to dthr.
- Term stub taxiway only.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.